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212 matches to Oriental Canon Law
Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.
Billy the Kid. 1859-81. US frontier outlaw.
Black Codes. 1865-6. Strict US local laws to control blacks based on slave codes. Freedmen. Jim Crow.
Blackstone, William. 1723-80. English common law scholar/jurist. Commentaries 1765-9.
Blue Laws. US laws that control Sunday activities. 1781 originals on blue paper.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.
Boyle, Robert. 1627-91. English scientist. Gas law: given T, PV=k, 1662.
Bragg, William. 1862-1942. English discoverer of crystallography by x-ray diffraction. with son Lawrence (1890-1971).
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Breviary of Alaric. 506. Visigoth law code.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Carlists. 1820-1937. Supporters, especially Basque, of Don Carlos’ claims vs Isabella under Salic Law.
Cartier, Jacques. 1491-1557. French explorer, discovered St. Lawrence River 1534.
Castro, Fidel. 1926-. Cuban lawyer. Cuban Revolution. Dictator 1959-.
Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.
Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.
Charles, Jacques. French physicist, launched early hydrogen balloon 1783 with Robert. Gas Law V=kT 1798.
Cobden, Richard. 1804-65. British Radical MP. Anti-Corn Law League.
Coke, Edward. 1552-1634. English jurist. Defended Common Law. Prosecuted Raleigh.
Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.
Common Law. Based on precedents derived from reason rather than a code of statutes. Originally English.
Comte, Auguste. 1798-1857. French Positivist philosopher. Religion belongs to primitive society. Positivism 1830. Tejada Law.
Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Dalton, John. 1766-1844. English scientist. Law of Partial Pressures. Color blindness 1793.